2022 NCGA Annual Meeting

David Pearson was formally named the ninety fifth President of the Northern California Golf Affiliation at Wednesday’s NCGA Annual Assembly, which was held at Poppy Ridge Golf Course in Livermore.  Different board members for the 2023 NCGA golf season have been additionally confirmed on the assembly. 

Pearson, a member at Visalia Nation Membership, has been a member of the Board of Administrators since 2015. Pearson, whose spouse is Susan, is an engineer by commerce.

Pearson succeeds Gary Fox, a member at Spring Creek G&CC in Ripon. Additionally seated have been Vice President Edward Quinn (seventh yr) and Secretary/Treasurer Kevin Peyton (sixth yr). Present NCGA Board members that have been re-nominated for 2023 have been Lance Parker (fifth yr), Preston Pinkney (fourth yr), Invoice Carle (fourth yr), Cathy Stroh (fourth yr), Dana Carrigan (third yr), Bob Miller (fifth yr), Karl Rodefer (third yr), Invoice Self (third yr), April Kenyon (second yr), Branche’ Jones (second yr), Erika Corradi (second yr), Tyler Tharpe (second yr) and Greg Rhine (second yr).

NCGA Board members who’re both retiring or have met board time period limits are Bob Goldstein and Lynn E. Harvey.

Newly elected oncoming Board members are Michael Braun of Peninsula G&CC and Michael Smith of Lake Chabot GC.

In different assembly information, the NCGA introduced preliminary plans for a renovation of Poppy Ridge Golf Course to  be carried out by architect Jay Blasi (seen under). At the moment a 27-hole facility with three separate nine-hole programs (Chardonnay, Merlot and Zinfandel), the renovation would end in a single 18-hole championship course and a nine-hole “flex” course that would play lengthy or brief. The modifications, which is able to end in a extra walkable structure, would additionally embrace extra follow areas for inexperienced persons and juniors. 

Blasi, beforehand a member of the Robert Trent Jones Jr. crew that developed Poppy Hills, has an in depth resume’ that features 2015 U.S. Open website Chambers Bay in Washington and Sentry World in Wisconsin, website of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open. 

“I can not let you know how honored I’m to be a part of the crew,” Blasi stated. “The Poppy Ridge website is an incredible canvas.” 

There have been additionally reviews from Adam Heieck, CEO of Youth on Course, and USGA West Area Affairs Director Mike Sweeney, in addition to the presentation of the 2022-23 NCGA Participant of the 12 months awards. Successful the titles have been Garett Wagner (NCGA Males’s Participant of the 12 months), Annika Borrelli (NCGA Girls’s Participant of the 12 months), Randy Haag (NCGA Senior Males’s Participant of the 12 months), Lynne Cowan (NCGA Senior Girls’s Participant of the 12 months) and Jim Knoll (NCGA Tremendous Senior Participant of the 12 months).